Angela Duckworth tops Education Week’s list of influencers in education
Angela Duckworth talks at the 2017 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition.
Angela Duckworth, Penn professor of psychology with a secondary appointment at Penn GSE, topped Education Week’s 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings list.
The author of the best-selling Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance and the founder of Character Lab, Duckworth’s work has help shift the dialogue on supporting children’s development.
Ed Week’s list, created by Rick Hess, the Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, recognizes scholars whose work shapes public discussion around education.
Five Penn GSE professors—Vivian Gadsden, Pam Grossman, Richard Ingersoll, and, Howard Stevenson, and Jonathan Zimmerman — are featured on this list, as is Penn Vice Provost for Faculty Laura Perna.